The reproductive biology and ecology of the Port Jackson shark Heterodontus portusjacksoni in the coastal waters of eastern Australia

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 72, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 2615-2633

  Powter, D M ^a   Gladstone, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Copulation; Elasmobranch; Gonado somatic index; Hepato somatic index; Oviposition; Sexual maturity

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449712188     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2008.01878.x     Document Type: Article

References (30)

1. Braccini, J. M., Gillanders, B. M. & Walker, T. I. (2006). Determining reproductive parameters for population assessments of chondrichthyan species with asynchronous ovulation and parturition: piked spurdog (Squalus megalops) as a case study. Marine and Freshwater Research 57, 105-119.
2. Bridge, N. F., Mackay, D. & Newton, G. (1998). Biology of the ornate angel shark (Squatina tergocellata) from the Great Australian Bight. Marine and Freshwater Research 49, 679-686.
3. Capape, C., Seck, A. A., Diatta, Y. & Diop, M. (2001). Observations on the reproductive biology of Torpedo (Tetronarce) mackayana (Torpedinidae), from the coast of Senegal (Eastern Tropical Atlantic). Cybium 25, 95-99.
4. Carrier, J. C., Pratt, H. L. & Castro, J. I. (2004). Reproductive biology of elasmobranchs. In Biology of Sharks and Their Relatives (Carrier, J. C., Musick, J. A. & Heithaus, M. R., eds), pp. 269-286. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press.
5. Castro, J. I. (2000). The biology of the nurse shark, Ginglymostoma cirratum, off the Florida east coast and the Bahama Islands. Environmental Biology of Fishes 58, 1-22.
6. Castro, J. I., Bubucis, P. M. & Overstrom, N. A. (1988). The reproductive biology of the chain dogfish, Scyliorhinus retifer. Copeia 1988, 740-746.
7. Chapman, D. D., Corcoran, M. J., Harvey, G. M., Malan, S. & Shivji, M. S. (2003). Mating behavior of southern stingrays, Dasyatis americana (Dasyatidae). Environmental Biology of Fishes 68, 241-245.
8. Clarke, M. W., Connolly, P. L. & Bracken, J. J. (2001). Aspects of reproduction of the deep water sharks Centroscymnus coelolepis and Centrophorus squamosus from west of Ireland and Scotland. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 81, 1019-1029.
9. Compagno, L. J. V. (2002). Sharks of the World. An Annotated and Illustrated Catalogue of Shark Species Known to Date, Vol. 2. Rome: FAO.
10. Cortes, E. (2000). Life history patterns and correlations in sharks. Reviews in Fisheries Science 8, 299-344.
11. Dempster, R. P. & Herald, E. S. (1961). Notes on the hornshark, Heterodontus portusjacksoni, with observations on mating activities. Occasional Papers of the California Academy of Sciences 33, 1-7.
12. Dulvy, N. K. & Reynolds, J. D. (1997). Evolutionary transitions among egg-laying, live-bearing and maternal inputs in sharks and rays. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 264, 1309-1315.
13. Ellis, J. R. & Shackley, S. E. (1995). Observations on egg-laying in the thornback ray. Journal of Fish Biology 46, 903-904.
14. Ellis, J. R. & Shackley, S. E. (1997). The reproductive biology of Scyliorhinus canicula in the Bristol Channel, U.K. Journal of Fish Biology 51, 361-372.
15. Francis, M. P. & Maolagain, C. O. (2000). Age, growth and maturity of a New Zealand endemic shark (Mustelus lenticulatus) estimated from vertebral bands. Marine and Freshwater Research 51, 35-42.
16. Frisk, M. G., Miller, T. J. & Fogarty, M. J. (2001). Estimation and analysis of biological parameters in elasmobranch fishes: a comparative life history study. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 58, 969-981.
17. Gelsleichter, J., Rasmussen, L. E. L., Manire, C. A., Tyminski, J., Chang, B. & Lombardi-Carlson, L. (2002). Serum steroid concentrations and development of reproductive organs during puberty in male bonnethead sharks, Sphyrna tiburo. Fish Physiology and Biochemistry 26, 389-401.
18. Henningsen, A. D. (1999). Levels of recirculating reproductively-related steroid hormones in female elasmobranchs. Implications for reproduction in a captive environment. Aquarium Sciences and Conservation 2, 97-116.
19. Krebs, C. J. (1985). Ecology: the Experimental Analysis of Distribution and Abundance. New York: Harper & Row.
20. Lucifora, L. O., Menni, R. C. & Escalante, A. H. (2002). Reproductive ecology and abundance of the sand tiger shark, Carcharias taurus, from the southwestern Atlantic. ICES Journal of Marine Science 59, 553-561.
21. Lutton, B. V., St George, J., Murrin, C. R., Fileti, L. A. & Callard, I. P. (2005). The elasmobranch ovary. In Reproductive Biology and Phylogeny of Chondrichthyes: Sharks, Batoids and Chimaeras (Hamlett, W. C., ed.), pp. 237-281. Plymouth: Science Publishers, Inc.
22. McLaughlin, R. H. (1969). The Ecology of heterodont sharks. PhD Thesis, University of Sydney, Australia.
23. McLaughlin, R. H. & O'Gower, A. K. (1971). Life history and underwater studies of a heterodont shark. Ecological Monographs 41, 271-289.
24. Mollet, H. F., Cliff, G., Pratt, H. L. & Stevens, J. D. (2000). Reproductive biology of the female shortfin mako, Isurus oxyrinchus Rafinesque, 1810, with comments on the embryonic development of lamnoids. Fishery Bulletin 98, 299-318.
25. Musick, J. A. & Ellis, J. K. (2005). Reproductive evolution of chondrichthyans. In Reproductive Biology and Phylogeny of Chondrichthyes: Sharks, Batoids and Chimaeras (Hamlett, W. C., ed.), pp. 45-79. Plymouth: Science Publishers, Inc.
26. Powter, D. M. (2006). Conservation biology of the Port Jackson shark, Heterodontus portusjacksoni, in New South Wales. PhD Thesis, University of Newcastle, Australia.
27. Pratt, H. L. & Carrier, J. C. (2001). A review of elasmobranch reproductive behavior with a case study on the nurse shark, Ginglymostoma cirratum. Environmental Biology of Fishes 60, 157-188.
28. Rodda, K. R. (2000). Development in the Port Jackson shark embryo. PhD Thesis, University of Adelaide, Australia.
29. Strong, W. R. (1989). Behavioural ecology of horn sharks, Heterodontus francisci, at Santa Catalina Island, California, with emphasis on patterns of space utilization. MSc Thesis: California State University, U.S.A.
30. Walker, T. I. (2005). Reproduction in fisheries science. In Reproductive Biology and Phylogeny of Chondrichthyes: Sharks, Batoids and Chimaeras (Hamlett, W. C., volume ed.) in the series: Reproduction Biology and Phylogeny (Jamieson, B. G. M., series ed.) pp. 81-127. Plymouth: Science Publishers, Inc.